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PLOW STOGK. No. 455,462. Patented July. 7, 1891. I

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. UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. 0. KING, OF FAIR PLAY, sourn CAROLINA.

PLOW-STOCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 455,462, dated July '7,1891.

Application filed January 23, 1891- Serial No. 378,824. (No model.)

To all whom zit may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAM S L. 0. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fair Play, in the county of conee and State of SouthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Plow-Stock, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in plows.

Io Theobject of the present invention is to I provide simple andeflicient means for clamping the handle of a'plow to the beam and. to

permit ready adjustment of the same without materially weakening theparts.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of aplow provided withclamps constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view. Fig. 3

. is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a plow-beam, to therear end of which are secured handles 2, arranged on opposite sides ofthe beam and held in place by clamps 3. The clamps 3 are constructed ofsuitable metal and consist of flat plates 4 and longitudinal flanges 5,formed integral with the plates and extending longitudinally of the sameat the edges thereof and are of less width than the thickness of thehandle, whereby the straining up of bolts 6 will clamp the handle-bar,and the clamps will not simply act as sockets to receive the handle, butwill force the latter against the beam. The

bolts 6 pass through ears 7, formed integral 0 with the clamps andarranged at the sides of the same, whereby the bolts themselves arearranged in recesses in the sides of the clamps and are adapted tosupport the same-and be engaged by them to prevent a swinging movementof the handle.

Heretofore sockets have been provided for the handles; but the clampsthemselves or flanges engage the sides of the beam, and thereby preventthe handles being tightly 5o clamped. A

From the foregoing description and the'accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood.

What I claim is The combination, with the beam and the handles arrangedon opposite sides of the beam, of the clamps constructed of metal andconsisting of plates designed to engage the faces of the handles andprovided with longitudinal flanges of less width than the thickness ofthe handles, whereby a positive clamping of the handles -is produced,said clamps being provided at their sides with integral ears, and thebolts passing through the ears and the beam and arranged in recesses ofthe flanges of the clamps and adapted to support the same and prevent aswinging movement of the handles, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES L. 0. KING. Witnesses:

W. T. GRUBBs, R. H. MARETT.

